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author | GeckoEidechse <40122905+GeckoEidechse@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-04-20 17:58:25 +0200 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-04-20 17:58:25 +0200 |
commit | 675d75d817d4279b7a8630700d1feb691e4a7e31 (patch) | |
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docs: Add docs for DevView (#275)
* docs: Add docs for DevView
Contains information about:
- How to access it
- What it's for
- Explanation of certain features
* fix: Update broken image link
* fix: Mention correct number of clicks
on version number
* docs: Mention batch file to run mods PR profile
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diff --git a/docs/DEV-TOOLS.md b/docs/DEV-TOOLS.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cf880d9d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/DEV-TOOLS.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +# Dev tools + +![dev view screenshot](assets/dev-view-screenshot.png) + +FlightCore features a hidden view that contains development features. + +It's targetted at both Northstar and FlightCore contributors. Among other things it contains buttons for unreleased features in FlightCore and tools to help with Northstar development. + +To activate it, spam click the FlightCore version number in the settings view at least 6 times. After that a new entry named _DEV_ should appear in the menubar. + +## Northstar + +### Pull request install + +The dev view offers a way to install pull request from the [NorthstarLauncher](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarLauncher) and [NorthstarMods](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarMods) repositories. + +Launcher pull requests overwrite `NorthstarLauncher.exe` and `Northstar.dll`. + +Mod pull requests install into a separate profile called `R2Northstar-PR-test-managed-folder`. \ +When installing a mods PR, FlightCore will place `r2ns-launch-mod-pr-version.bat` into your Titanfall2 directory that can be used to run that PR profile directly. \ +The batch file simply runs `NorthstarLauncher.exe -profile=R2Northstar-PR-test-managed-folder` + + +## FlightCore + +The dev view contains various buttons that call functions that might not be fully implemented or tested yet. + +Additionally it has some buttons for testing like the _Panic button_ which force crashes the application to test automatic log uploading on crash among other things. |